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I stopped by the apartment office this morning. As I drove away the maintenance guy was pulling out of a space and BANG! The right front corner of my car hit the back right of his truck.

I have a small scrape on my forehead. My car looks like it just had it's eye jabbed out. The bumper of a Nissan pickup is at the correct height to completely destroy a Honda Civic headlight well.

Not the best way to start my day. :(

UPDATE: Cop says it was his fault, since I was on the road and he was pulling out. Wonder if they will total my car...

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I really wish we could combine the two big stories of last night: Iowa Caucuses and Britney Spears being hospitalized for being crazy.

I want a reality show where each candidate has to take care of Britney for 48 hours.

My poor car

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I think his name is now 'One Eyed Jack'

like a phoenix rising from the ashes.. with tires

Took it to the body shop for an estimate.

He looked it over, did some calculations..

He says a rough estimate of the value of my car is $5000

They total a car when repairs are over 75% of the value of the car. $3750 in this case.

He said that repairs looked to be about that much and there is a good chance they will total it.

They need to do an official estimate and get word from the insurance company, but I'll be used car shopping in the meantime.